The course aims to transfer the fundamental knowledge and to form the basic competencies necessary for the development and the implementation of a business strategy in an emerging market.
The students are going to improve their analyzing, decision making, and planning skills as well as the ability to recognize strategic opportunities and threats.
The course requires the knowledge of basic economics concepts as the pre-requisite. It is preferable that the students have some practical entrepreneurial or marketing experience, but this is not obligatory.
The course has a distinct stress to the practice of strategic management. Although a few fundamental theories are mentioned, the bulk of the ideas are based on simple though efficient applied model that are easy to understand and convenient to use. The multitude of examples and stories from the personal consulting and managerial experience of the author are the hallmark of the course. The author’s original drawings make the key concepts well memorable ad cozy to deal with.

From the lesson

Designing your business model

Dear student! In this module you will learn how to design a coherent and strong business model out of a business idea. You are going to study how to segment you potential market and how to establish marketing, distribution and partnerships in order to meet the demands of your target audience. On completing the module you will be able to calculate the potential market size, to pack attractive value into your products and to position them properly. You will learn how to attract agents and partners, how to establish a sustainable value exchange, and how to plan the necessary basic activities. Do your best to apply all the ideas of the module to your business idea, discuss it with your friends and colleagues, do all the tasks, and you will have good progress in your learning. Good luck on this way!